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those churches and get beat sometimes, and on the other hand, 

 we win sometimes. Our boys make hay and do those things 

 which are necessary in harvest time as well. 



We have made our Thanksgiving Day service an annual 

 affair, too. We meet together Thanksgiving Day, have a serv- 

 ice in the morning and eat our dinner in the basement of the 

 church (this illustrates our gathering last Thanksgiving. Pic- 

 ture). We have just a jolly good time together, just like one 

 family. In the afternoon the men have a trap shoot. See 

 the trap here (picture). 



Our Lectures. — We regard these lectures as one of the very 

 beneficial things in the promotion of a better country life. 

 Young men and young women must be entertained. It is the 

 d.uty of society to see that the entertainment offered is whole- 

 some and the very best, and if you properly provide for them 

 you have done a splendid service. Oh, get big enough! Don't 

 have that narrow opinion so many have regarding these things. 

 Now we have found this: That there is no thing that comes ever so 

 high but that the country people can have it, provided they want it 

 badly enough. 



The problem we have confronting us at the present time is 

 the problem of better schools. We have in our community six 

 schoolhouses just like this (picture) — six schoolhouses scattered 



Trap shooting, Thanksgiving Day, Harmony Church. 



